When jobs are defined they are assigned to a job group. Multiple job groups can be defined for various purposes. For example, HRMS jobs are defined to reflect HR characteristics and may be different from project jobs. Therefore, you can define an HR job group and a Projects job group. Also, job titles used in one country may not be appropriate in another. Therefore, you can define job groups to be used by your foreign operating units that contain job titles that are common in their countries.
An operating unit that manages global projects and uses resources located in multiple countries can define a global job group. The operating unit then maps jobs used by its resource-providing operating units to jobs in the global job group. This allows the global project to use the same job definitions for all resources rather than unique jobs that are defined by the resource-owning operating units. These common, or global, jobs ease the maintenance of billing rates and simplify resource reporting.
In order to map jobs from one job group to another, a master job group must be defined. Master job groups are intermediate groupings only and cannot be used for other functional purposes. In Single Business Group Access mode, you can have one master job group for each business group and you can map jobs only within the same business group. In Cross Business Group Access mode, there is only one master job group, and you can map jobs across business groups.
The following table shows sample job groups for a global enterprise with operating units in the U.S. and Europe:
| Job Group | Jobs |
|---|---|
| US Project Job Group | Manager Staff Consultant Senior Consultant Design Engineer Electrical Engineer Construction Worker |
| European Job Group | Chef de Projet Ingenieur Formateur Architecte Ouvrier |
| Global Job Group | Project Manager Consultant Architect Laborer |
| Master Job Group | Master Project Manager Master Consultant Master Architect Master Laborer |
Mapping a job from one job group to a job in another job group is a two-step process. You must first map the job to a job in the master job group. Then you map the master job to the appropriate job in the second job group.
For example, the following tables show the mappings that are required to map the U.S. and European jobs from their respective job groups to global jobs in the global job set.
The following table shows the job mappings from the US Project job group to the Master job group:
| Job in US Project Job Group: | Mapped to Job in Master Job Group: |
|---|---|
| Manager | Master Project Manager |
| Staff Consultant | Master Consultant |
| Senior Consultant | Master Consultant |
| Design Engineer | Master Architect |
| Electrical Engineer | Master Architect |
| Construction Worker | Master Laborer |
The following table shows the job mappings from the European job group to the Master job group:
| Job in European Job Group: | Mapped to Job in Master Job Group: |
|---|---|
| Chef de Projet | Master Project Manager |
| Engenieur Formateur | Master Consultant |
| Architecte | Master Architect |
| Ouvrier | Master Laborer |
The following table shows the job mappings from the Master job group to the Global job group:
| Job in Master Job Group: | Mapped to Job in Global Job Group: |
|---|---|
| Master Project Manager | Project Manager |
| Master Consultant | Consultant |
| Master Architect | Architect |
| Master Laborer | Laborer |
Note the following job mapping rules:
Jobs that are not master jobs can be mapped to one and only one master job.
Multiple jobs, in and across job groups, can be mapped to the same master job.
Master Jobs can be mapped to only one job in each job group.
Multiple master jobs can be mapped to the same job.
Other Sources
Job Groups, Oracle Projects Implementation Guide
Jobs, Oracle Projects Implementation Guide
Job Mapping, Oracle Projects Implementation Guide